artists' books
Some of mirabelle studio's one-of-a-kind pieces from
the artist's personal collection.
Scroll down to see the collaborative books between
bookbinder Judy Lynn of Mirabelle studio and artist,
writer and editor Giselle Maya.
 
Cultivated will be part of the Crop Exhibition
this fall at the University of Northampton, UK
Altered Proust book containing paper
madeleines made from the book's pages
Fujita Scale: Moving States
Six fan books with digital photographs in
a corrugated plastic box
Madeleines Found and Fujita Scale: Moving States
were part of the recent traveling exhibition:
New Views: Recent work from the Midwest Chapter
of the Guild of Bookworkers
Travel journal bound on four sides
using Japanese side-sewn technique
Part of the 2008 traveling UK exhibition of
experimental artists' books based on any word beginning
with the letters "re".
Re:sound--To be filled with sound
Cube filled with onomatopoeic words
and ball bearings
Personal prayer book filled with photocopies,
fabric, maps, mylar and wax
 
Link stitch book with digital photographs
Collaborative books between bookbinder Judy Lynn of Mirabelle studio and artist, writer and editor Giselle Maya.
These beautiful books are collections of haiku, tanka (a form of Japanese poetry), and illustrations from Giselle Maya and other contemporary poets and artists. The poems and images are printed in France, on speckled handmade papers and then bound by Judy Lynn in the United States. Currently, the books come in two binding styles, the soft cover side-sewn and the hardcover case binding. Cover papers vary, and tend to be simple, natural papers in keeping with the minimalism and elegance of the printed words.
Giselle Maya has published fifteen volumes of collected works from Koyama Press in Saint Martin de Castillon, France where she lives. The books cover themes from “Birds & Felines” to “The Tao of Water”. The writings are in English and some titles also include translations into French, Japanese and German. Each book and subject offers a striking and unique meditation on the simple pleasures of life.
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